Beyond the Frame: The Road Beyond the Bend
Photograph: Coastal Drive, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, October 1998. I remember this road. It was one that my dad and I had traveled on during our big October 1993 photography trip. And now, five years later, I was back on this road. This road itself had been my destination for that afternoon. It was one of those roads that you don't just drive, but you experience. It was also the kind of road that kept secrets. Each turn, each crest of a hill, would reveal some dynamic landscape that compelled you to stop, to explore, to listen. I'd already discovered that this road rewarded curiosity, but that afternoon it taught me something about patience as well. And on the day I took this photograph, I listened. I listened to the light, because when I took my first exposure of this scene, the sun to the west was obscured by clouds. I had packed up my gear and started heading south when I noticed the sun beginning to drop below the cloud layer to the west. Years of photographing lan...
